User blog:Semerone/old post 10

= Hero description bug (affects various wikis!) =

Awhile ago, I encountered, what I thought to be a really odd bug. It was related to some wiki sourcecode, called the "hero description". Normally, the "hero description" can only be seen when visiting source mode while editing, but now it could be seen by anyone visiting the wiki's main page!

Today, I decided to make a blog on Community Central Wikia, as it was really bugging me. Then I found out that I stumbled over something big. It didn't just affect a few wikis, but possibly thousands of wikis!

You see, the "hero description" was a common feature, used by all wikis to identify themselves via a short text. Whenever someone searched for your wiki by using a search engine, that "hero description" would be shown to present a short description of your wiki. Awhile ago, someone decided to set it as depreciated, so the "hero description" feature can't be used anymore.

A bot was sent to remove all "hero descriptions" from the wikis, missed many wikis though and as Kishin Douji Zenki Wikia was one of them, I ended up encountering that oddness. I have informed Wikia about the issue and the text I wrote can be found in the aforementioned blog as well.

Original post by Semerone on 20:19 2016-12-11